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Fornander Collection of Hawan'ati Folk-lore. 



Your sacred chief, Kihapiilani; 



Your chiefly offspring who stands in the light. 



Protect thou the sacred bud of Keaka, 



The thrifty sprout of Keakamahaua 



That grew and flowered, 



The drooping flower of Heniahema, and Kaiki- 



lani. 

 To whom belonged the drooping leaves of Kana- 



loa, 

 Like the black-haired dog ' in whose eye 

 Blackness dwells in the pupil. 

 With striped marks on the forehead, 

 Marks of the kikakapu,- 

 The sacred fish with the bitter gall. 

 Bitter is the chiefess Keaka, ^ 

 Who grew and developed through Keakealani.^ 

 By them was the sacred law broken, 

 Broken by the product of the great chiefs. 

 Here is a great district chief standing here; 

 Kauhi is great ; it is the foundation of the 



isles. 

 Keaka is great for she has produced eight. 

 The seas of her lands are noised on the shoals, s 

 As rolling waves from the shoals of Kahiki. 

 Keawe the great commander has arrived, 

 The only offspring of the cloud in the heaven 

 By the chiefess Kalanikauleleiwi.'' 

 This is Keaka's chiefly one, by Keawe. 

 That attraction was Piilani, 

 For Keawe dwelt at Piilani's, 

 The gathering place of great chiefs. 

 A chief, several chiefs were seen ; 

 They are the chiefs who go idly by. 

 Walking about until the close of the day. 

 In the month born of Ikiiki.7 

 The heaven above is panting [for breath], 

 The rain for the month is far removed, 

 Far driven away is the rain. 



The earth is suffering as one in travail. 



The mountain trembles, the flood gushes with 



violence; 

 It is indeed .stormy for the lands are overturned 



and floating. 

 The breast of the isle is floating 

 On the dividing current of Kuala. 

 Of Kanaiki of the isle. 

 For the sound of crackling is heard, 

 It is the chiefs on the place of prayer. 

 They are the people of the sacred house 

 Within the confines of mana,^ the lizard.'' 

 One belonging to Hina, taken by Haloa. 

 Excellent Kalani, he is being delayed. 

 Boasting of his being a great favorite 

 When the word came to him 

 To take charge of his kingdom. 

 For the chief was of the month of Ikiiki, of 



Kaaona; 

 Of Hanaia, of Hinaiaeleele. 

 Thence came Piikea the wife of Umi, 

 She was the first-born of Laielohelohe, 

 Given birth through Piilani. 

 Lonopii'" was born, a male. 

 Kihapiilani was born, a male. 

 Given birth through Piilani, 

 Kihapiilani, Kalanilonaakea. 

 [Of] light" skin [and] white loin cloth. 

 Kihapiilani shall see bitterness. 

 There were four from Laielohelohe; " 

 They possessed the border '' of the tabu 

 Of Kalamaku, of Kauhiholua, 

 Of Kauhiholua, of Lupeikalani. 

 It was Nalu that spun the fish-line of Makalii,'-" 

 The fish-line of three strands which excels in 



length. 

 The chief is like a hidden strand 

 Which was caught at Miloa by Hanauane. 



' Ilio hulu pano; dog of perfection, black. 



-A variety of striped or spotted fish {Cfur/odon oniatissimiis). 

 ^From indulgence in forbidden food. 

 ■■Son of Kaikilani, wife of Lonomakahiki. 

 'Sound of the surf breaking on the reefs. 

 '' Half-sister of Keawe, moi of Hawaii. 



"Indicative of great heat, inducing the panting of heaven for breath. 



'^ Malta, in connection with the sacred /lirfa, rather than a black house of the preceding line, has reference to a 

 temple apartment. 



'Figurative for some personage. 



■".Abbreviation for Lonoapiilani. 



" Light complexion. 



'-Referring to her four offspring. 



"The edge, or border, here has reference to the chief rank embodied in them. 



"Chief of Waimea, Kauai, of the Maweke-Moikeha line. 



